Panelists
Panelists
PLENARY SESSION. THE ROLE AND USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PREVENTING
GENOCIDE AND ADVANCING ACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS
Savita Pawnday
Responsibility to Protect
Savita Pawnday is the Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Ms. Pawnday is a foremost expert on R2P and atrocity prevention. Over the last decade, she has worked extensively with and advised a wide range of governments and the United Nations on how to prevent and respond to mass atrocities. Ms. Pawnday has routinely convened Foreign Ministers and other high level policy makers on R2P to mobilize action to protect populationsMore
Savita Pawnday
Responsibility to Protect
Savita Pawnday is the Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Ms. Pawnday is a foremost expert on R2P and atrocity prevention. Over the last decade, she has worked extensively with and advised a wide range of governments and the United Nations on how to prevent and respond to mass atrocities. Ms. Pawnday has routinely convened Foreign Ministers and other high level policy makers on R2P to mobilize action to protect populationsMore
Nicholas Koumjian
for Myanmar
Head of Myanmar Mechanism, Nicholas Koumjian (United States), officially commenced his functions on 1 July 2019.
Mr. Koumjian joined the Myanmar Mechanism with 35 years of experience as Prosecutor, including almost 20 years of experience in the field of international criminal justice.
Mr. Koumjian served as the International Co-Prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as Trial Attorney at the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as DeputyMore
Nicholas Koumjian
for Myanmar
Head of Myanmar Mechanism, Nicholas Koumjian (United States), officially commenced his functions on 1 July 2019.
Mr. Koumjian joined the Myanmar Mechanism with 35 years of experience as Prosecutor, including almost 20 years of experience in the field of international criminal justice.
Mr. Koumjian served as the International Co-Prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as Trial Attorney at the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as DeputyMore
Dr. Daniel Bekele Mulugeta is the Chief Commissioner of Ethiopian Human
Rights Commission (EHRC). Before joining EHRC, Dr. Daniel Bekele served
as the Executive Director of the Africa division at Human Rights Watch;
as Senior Advisor at Amnesty International; as Policy and Research
Director at ActionAid Ethiopia; as Legal Director and Board Secretary of United Ins. Co and as an Attorney and Consultant-at-Law. Dr. Daniel
Bekele led several civil society initiatives in Ethiopia including on
election monitoring, promotion of human rights and anti-poverty
campaigns.More
Dr. Daniel Bekele Mulugeta is the Chief Commissioner of Ethiopian Human
Rights Commission (EHRC). Before joining EHRC, Dr. Daniel Bekele served
as the Executive Director of the Africa division at Human Rights Watch;
as Senior Advisor at Amnesty International; as Policy and Research
Director at ActionAid Ethiopia; as Legal Director and Board Secretary of United Ins. Co and as an Attorney and Consultant-at-Law. Dr. Daniel
Bekele led several civil society initiatives in Ethiopia including on
election monitoring, promotion of human rights and anti-poverty
campaigns.More
Kyle Matthews is the Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. His work focuses on human rights, international security, social media and emerging technologies. He works closely with the Global Parliamentary Alliance Against Atrocity Crimes and has advised Members of Parliament on issues related to international peace and security.More
Kyle Matthews is the Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. His work focuses on human rights, international security, social media and emerging technologies. He works closely with the Global Parliamentary Alliance Against Atrocity Crimes and has advised Members of Parliament on issues related to international peace and security.More
Worcester State University
HENRY C. THERIAULT is currently Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Worcester State University in the United States, after teaching in its Philosophy Department from 1998 to 2017. From 1999 to 2007, he coordinated the University’s Center for the Study of Human Rights. Theriault’s research focuses on genocide denial, genocide prevention, post-genocide victim-perpetrator relations, reparations, and mass violence against women and girls. He has lectured and appeared on panels around the world. Since 2007, he has chaired the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group and is lead author of its March 2015 final report, Resolution with Justice.More
HENRY C. THERIAULT is currently Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Worcester State University in the United States, after teaching in its Philosophy Department from 1998 to 2017. From 1999 to 2007, he coordinated the University’s Center for the Study of Human Rights. Theriault’s research focuses on genocide denial, genocide prevention, post-genocide victim-perpetrator relations, reparations, and mass violence against women and girls. He has lectured and appeared on panels around the world. Since 2007, he has chaired the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group and is lead author of its March 2015 final report, Resolution with Justice.More
Dr. Rhiannon Neilsen is currently the Cyber Security Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University, where she is working on her project, ‘Algorithms for Atrocity Prevention’. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University and a Research Consultant for the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) at the University of Oxford. During her PhD, Rhiannon was a Visiting Fellow at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre for Excellence in Estonia.More
Dr. Rhiannon Neilsen is currently the Cyber Security Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University, where she is working on her project, ‘Algorithms for Atrocity Prevention’. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University and a Research Consultant for the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) at the University of Oxford. During her PhD, Rhiannon was a Visiting Fellow at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre for Excellence in Estonia.More
